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KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN.
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. FINEUTV'S PATKIOTIO LETTER.
"WIhIics tlio AiiRjomcn Would Become
I.csi British mid Jloro Amcrlrnii.
'pfom Wathlngton Poit.
Editor Post I have read in the
Post of this morning an article taken
from the New York Times, and
headed, "The Irish and the Alliance."
The Times has never been remark
.able for friendliness toward the Irish,
but, just now it suits its purpose to
pat the Celtic wolf-hound on the head
land say, "Good dog," after the man
ner of its kind. What right has it to
doubt the "loyalty" of Irish-Americans?
The trouble is that most of
" the Anglomaniacs hate the Irish be
cause their "loyalty" to American
institutions cannot be shaken. The
Irish believe, with their illustrious
countryman, Henry Grattan, that the
'United States is "the last refuge of
the liberties of mankind." They op
pose the alliance with England be
cause they honestly believe that such
.a compact would destroy that "last
refuge." The Tory wave of feeling
now sweeping over the t country
threatens America with the humilia
tion of returning to the vomit of Brit
ish rule which it threw up in 1776.
There are "Americans" who mutilate
the Stars and Stripes in order to stitch
it to the English Union Jack. Con
gress should pass a law to hang such
"Americans" as traitors, or else exile
them perpetually from the country
they disgrace. The only traitors to
the American flag, constitution and
laws are the Anglomaniacs. They
-talk of territorial extension in itrljta
tion of English imperialism. What's
the matter with doing missionary work
in Canada, Jamaica and Nassau
England's base of supply for block
ade running during the civil war in
favor of annexation? There is a large
-annexation party in Canada, but it
has received yery little encourage
ment from us. The American peo
ple, or a large section of them, appear
to be rapidly forgetting their history
and traditions, and some of them have
descended to the meanness of apolo
gizing for our glorious past. They
would eliminate from our school his-
independence. Every citizen who
protests against the proposed "entan
gling alliance" is dubbed a "tail
twister." Such cheap cant daunts
only moral cowards. No man need
be ashamed to be called a "tail twis
ter" in common with George Wash
ington, Thomas Jefferson, James Mad
ison, James Monroe, Andrew Jack
son and Ulysses Grant. Under the
latter's administration England was
made to pay 815,000,000 (or her
piracy during the war of the-rebellion.
Alliance with England would im
mediately stop Irish recruiting in our
armies. In every engagement since
this war began, as in all former wars,
Irish blood has been shed for Amer
ica. It is unnecessary to eulogize
the Irish soldier. His record is the
certificate of his valor and his devo
tion. I would hate, however, to see
his constancy strained by forcing him
to serve with British troops. Were
it not for the strong counterpoise of
military discipline, yich no man
more respects, thedKsule of his gun
would point tojjP" the red coats as
truly as the neeule points to the pole.
He would obey his officers, but his
civilian brother would not volunteer
to re-enforce him. No English alli
ance would make up for this defec
tion. Instead of the Irish becoming
''less Irish and more American," as
the New York Times puts it, I sin
cerely wish the Anglomen of the
United States would become less
British and more American. The
Irish are the truest Americans on this
soil today. They wish to keep the
United States a Republic they have
no disposition toward imperial sys
tems. Theybelievb in vantage points,
coaling stations and harbors of re
fuge for our ships in Hawaii, the Phil
ippines, the West Indies and else
where, but they have no desire to
grab territory from weak nations, af
ter the British fashion. Mr. Hep-
cum, of Iowa, in his speech favoring
territorial expansion, while debating
Hawaiian annexation in the House
Wednesday, spoke of the "blessings"
of civilization England carried with
her in her imperial progress. He
forget to mention the famines and
massacres that have invariably at
tended her march .around the glob
India has not yet recovered from the
depletion of the recent famines, whose
victims were numbered by the mill
ion. Today the Irish-Americans are
engaged in raising funds see the
Irish World, Boston Pilot, and other
Irish-American publications to save
the Irish people of the coast regions
in Connaught and Ulster from starva
tion. This, too, when England, by
the acknowledgement of her own
government commissioners, is rob
bing Ireland annually of $15,000,000
in excess of her legitimate taxation.
Oh, England is a beautiful country
to keep away from. God save Amer
ica. John F. Finerty.
SPORTING NOTES.
It is almost too hot at this period of
the year for the sweltering public to
devote much thought to base-ball,
pugilism and the sports, and besides
the war has absorbed the attention of
every one. In spite of these hind
rances, the Case-Dobs fight is attract
ing a marked amount of interest. Es
pecially will this be true m the event
of Dobbs winning over the Oregonian.
Although Case was given a terrible
beating before, and finally knocked
completely out in the last round and
almost the last ten seconds, he gave a
good account of himself all the way
through, and at no time after the sec
ond round did the colored man hold
him cheap.
In New York there are several big
fights on hand, not the least among
them being the Ruhlin-Sharkey con
test, which is set for June 29. Maher
and Goddard are soon to come to
gether again, and unless another ac
cident happens, what a slaughter it
will be.
The battle between George Dixon
and Ben Jordan will also prove a
strong attraction, as it is an inter
national affair. Jordan is the best
feather-weight England has produced
since Nunc Wallace.
"Kid" McCoy undoubtedly has,
outside of Corbett, the best head for
financial affairs of any man in the
ring to-day. When any of the slick
5W
of him they will have to stay up all
night. The fight between the "Kid"
and Choynski has been set for August
27.
There is some talk of bringing
Lansing and McDonough together
before the Kentucky Athletic Club
for some time in July. McDonough
is the man who fought a draw with
"Australian Jimmy" Ryan last Derby
night. A contest between him and
Lansing ought to prove an exceeding
ly interesting contest.
Base-ball has suffered more than
any other sport from the war, but
then the poor showing of the Col
onels has had a great deal to do with
the falling off in attendance here in
Louisville. The fans are getting
tired of going down to the park year
after year to watch a tail-end club get
everlastingly lambasted by one of the
other eleven clubs. Louisville has
not had a winning team since it en
tered the big League, and something
is radically wrong. If there is a hoo
doo why don't some of the directors
take steps to have that hoodoo dis
covered and done away with?
MOSE GREENS IN CAMP.
The Mose Green Club opened its
camp at Callahan's, on the river road
above the Water-works, on Sunday.
The camp may be reached either by
driving along the river road or by the
Narrow Gauge line. The Mose
Greens are entertaining their friends
free of charge. Pat Ahern, Frank
McGrath and Siveral other young
Irish Americans are prominent in the
Mose Greens.
LAWLER'S NEW STORE.
Kccent Improvement Made by Those
( Enterprising Gentlemen.
Messrs. M. D. and M. J. Lawler
have recently made improvements in
their store at Nineteenth and Duncan
streets, and now they have one of the
most elegant and well equipped fam
ily groceries in the West End.
Young Mr. Lawler is giving his
especial attention to the business, and
when down town or visiting Boone
Square you should give ,them a call.
In sending, communications writers
will confer a favor by writing upon
only one side of the paper.
AGAINST ALLIANCE.
CoiiKrCMsmnn Champ Clark Kntcrn n
VlKor'ons Protest.
In his great speech, delivered in
the House of Representatives at Wash
ington, on the Hawaiian annexation
resolution, the Hon. Champ Clark, of
Missouri, said:
"Jingoism is more rapid in 'its prog
ress than quick consumption. So
virulent is it that many are now advo
cating an alliance with England
certainly the most preposterous idea
that was ever hatched in the brain of
man. Are we to give no heed to the
lessons of history? Are we to scout
the wisdom of the fathers? Are we
to take leave of our senses because we
are engaged in a struggle with a third
rate power, which if vigorously pressed
will 'be gloriously concluded in time
to celebrate our triumph on the Fourth
of July next? Who is to be the gainer
of such an arrangement? Certainly
not America. Mr. Joseph Chamber
lain's gush about what an inspiring
spectacle it would be to see our sol
diers and British troops fighting to
gether under the Star Spangled Ban
ner and the Union Jack may be wis
dom from his standpoint, but from
ours it is sheer nonsense unmitigated
bosh. After thrashing Spain we have
no enemies to fight, but England has
a superabundance of them. Like the
poor, they are always with her, be
cause John Bull's longing eyes are
always fixed on sombody else's pos
sessions. ' "An alliance with England! Have
gentlemen considered what a partner
ship with that quarrelsome nation
means? It means that our armies
would soon be fighting against the
French in Africa, against the Rus
sians in Afghanistan, against the Ger
mans in China, against the Japanese
in Korea, against the Italians in the
MediterraneanTagainst the Austrians
in the Danube, and the Turks in the
Golden Horn. The best blood of
America would enrich foreign soil
from the Punjab to St. Petersburg and
from the Cape of Good Hope to the
Land of the Midnight Sun. That is
jingoism run mad. Is not that a rav-
"ill"
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fathers are willing to so sacrifice their
sons? Who is going to pay the piper
for such a wild dance?. How can we
be made happier, more prosperous or
more puissant by such an amazing
performance? Time and time again
we have expressed our sympathy with
down-trodden Ireland by speeches, by
resolutions, by public meetings, by
large contributions of cash, by every
other method known among men
short of sending an army for her lib
eration. In fact, the armed enemies
of Great Britain have found a great
deal of substantial aid in this country.
Now as a part and parcel of this fan
tastic, grotesque and suicidal jingo
scheme, we are to join hands with the
merciless oppressors of the Irish race.
God forbid that we should be such
howling idiots."
The Hibernian Rifles and the Iris h
American Volunteers, of St. Paul
Minn., were united, and the com
pany will be known as the Irish
American Military Company. M. J.
Costello presided. The Hibernian
Rifles have been in existence sixteen
years. The membership of the or
ganization as it now stands is about
150. The organization is ready to
volunteer.
PHIL SHERIDAN, JR.
President McKinley has combined
several good strokes by the action,
recently taken, in behalf of "young
Phil" Sheridan, to whom he has
given an appointment to West Point;
he has honored the memory of the
nation's cavalry hero, gratified the
desire of that hero's widow, pro
moted the ambition of the boy him
self and probably secured to the
military service of the country a
youth whose inheritance, both of
temperament and tradition, marks
him out as one of our future great
military men. For Young Phil
is said to be "a veritable chip of the
old block;" short, and stout in build;
generous and quick-tempered in char
acter, studious and inclined to scien
tific pursuits, he will probably grow
even more like his father with in
creasing years. It had long been
Mrs. Sheridan's desire that young
PhU.might enter West Point Academy
on the fiftieth anniversary of his'
iather's entrance, which occurred
uly 1, 1848; but all previous efforts
m that line had failed and she had
almost given up when President
McKinley heard of her wish, and it
is owing to his good office that the
coming July 1 will see the entrance
of Phil Sheridan's son and namesake.
Hitherto he has been carefully
trained under his mother's watchful
eye, and his friends predict for him a
brilliant military career.
Irish News Notes.
The ruins of the Abbey and Castle
at Donegal, of great historical and an
tiquarian interest, having been hand
fed over to the Board of Works by
Lord Arran, that body is expending
600 pounds renovating the walls. It
is proposed to rebuild the archway of
the old Abbey, which fell in some
time ago. It is to be hoped an im
provement committee, with the assist
ance of a patriotic public, will do
something to alter the conditions of
the tombs and graves which have fall
en into disorde? and decay, and to
clear away the rank weeds and net
tles which abound all over.
The members of the Limerick Cor
poration have commenced a good
work the renaming of their streets
after patriotic Irishmen. This is a
grand example for the towns and cities
of Ireland. In nearly all the princi
pal streets are named after English
Kings and Queens, and after some
local land magnates, the pillars of the
British power in Ireland. It is time
to change these, and Limerick has
commenced the good business in an
opportune time. It is hoped a clear
sweep will be made of those remind
ers of British power and cruelty, and
also of Irish degradation,
, The Cashel'98 Club achieved a
great success in their celebrating the
memory of the heroes of '98 by a
torchlight procession and illumination.
An iiiimense gathering assembled on
the grounds of the Christian Brothers' ,
schools, and formed into processional
ordcMMld by the club flag', on
wrRollowing legend appeared:
fs to Speak of '98? Cashel
Centenary Memorial Club." Then
followed the Cashel brass band, with
members of the '98 club, wearing
badges. Next came the Doheny Fife
and Drum Band, in regalia, attended
by torch-bearers, and followed by the
'98 Club and the general public. The
route of the procession was through
the principal streets to the residence
of Very Rev. Dean Kinand, where a
stirring and patriotic speech was de
livered by him. The sight was one
seldom, if ever, exceeded in this old
"City of the Kings."
COMPANY DISBANDED.
Capt. R. T. Jacob's company of
Home Guards have been mustered
out of the service by order of Gov
ernor Bradley. There was no excuse
for mustering in the company in the
first place. Capt. Jacob himself is 1
soldier, but he surrounded himself
with a set of men that did not know
the barrel of a gun from a piece of
cheese, and the only countersign they
recognized was "Warm Lunch."
When Gov. Bradley called for a
detachment of twenty men from this
company to go to Manchester, Clay
county, only eight men could be
found. These eight went to Pewee
Valley, where Assistant Adjutant
General Forrester saw their ineffici
ency, and promptly rejected them.
The members of this company will
not soon make another attempt to
join the Home Guards or any
other guards. The trip to Pewee
Valley settled them for all time.
TIERNEY'S NEW GROCERY.
Mr. T. J. Tierney, for many years
connected with the Mammoth Gro
cery Company, has decided to embark
in business for himself. Thursday
last he opened a handsomeVstord on
Market street, between Second and
Third, where he will be glad to wel
come his old friends and patrons.
Nothing but first-class foodstuffs will
be handled.
GOOD FOR JIM CASSIN.
Mr. James Cassin, formerly chief
)f the registry department at the Post
office, has recently entered the insur
ance field. Mr. Cassin is one of the
Sost popular young Irish-Americans
. the c;ty. He has the energy and
ability to make his mark in any field
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We guarantee every brand to give satisfaction and prove as repre
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Telephone orders receive prompt attention, and goods delivered
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